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In a season where we are infiltrated with being busy, doing more, needing more... We have been able to take a weekend away together, just the two of us, and celebrate our 8 years of Marriage! We went to Two Harbors, MN, where we were married on the shore of Lake Superior in September of 2008. We praise our God for His goodness and richness in our lives! What a blessing it has been to retreat and rejuvenate our hearts. Thank you to all of you who have been standing with us solidly in this Native American ministry. It isn't easy, that's for sure! We have a hard time communicating with our fellow missionaries, we find it difficult to find the right ways to grow deeper with the Mokahum students, and we struggle with the systems that our friends are facing each day, cycling through poverty and "deserving things" generation by generation. But you know what? It's beautiful. Because God has called us to this place where we are building up the CHURCH among Native Americans. Little seeds, big waters, it is growing the church each day. Thank YOU for your gifts to us.

Happy Thanksgiving,

Tim, Amy, and the kids

p.s.

I know it's not the end of November yet, but I'm entering into this beautiful season of giving thanks to our God and King for His marvelous gifts for us all. I'm not ashamed to be thankful now, too :)

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Hi! I am a daughter of God. I married the carpenter of my dreams in 2008, and now we are living a grand life together with our 4 children on our small prairie in the north woods. We have a heart for FAMILY.
We are homeschooling, EFCA church goers, fellowshipping with believing families in similar and completely different situations than ours.
God has called us to minister to Native Americans and we're discipling to build the church among Natives.
In 2014, we discovered I have a strange set of Auto-Immune disorders, one of them being Alopecia. The last few years have been a tremendous journey of fear, frustration and dependence on the Lord in so many aspects of our life.